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How Skylight Balances Growth and Profit for Sustainable Success – Michael Segal & Mark Ungerer, Skylight
Episode 151
On the podcast, I talk with Michael and Mark about the boom in hardware-enabled subscriptions, why nothing worked until they stopped optimizing and s…
8 months, 1 week ago
How ElevenLabs Builds, Prices, and Grows AI Consumer Apps
Episode 150
On the podcast we talk with Tanmay and Jack about how earned media can drive paid performance, building features that make for good tweets, and why s…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Your Free Users Are Your Real Growth Engine – Cem Kansu, Duolingo CPO
Episode 149
On the podcast, I talk with Cem about the premium trap many apps fall into, why free trials work even for freemium products, and how ‘try for $0.00’ …
9 months, 1 week ago
How a Single Paywall Experiment Generated $50M – Jeff Morris, Chapter One, Ex-Tinder
Episode 148
On the podcast, I talk with Jeff about Tinder's $50 million paywall win. Why now is such a great time to build apps, and how hard paywalls can mislea…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Creative Misfires, False Positives, and Meta's Auction Flaws — Alper Taner, Stealth-Mode App Studio
Episode 147
On the podcast, I talk with Alper about the competitive advantage of ignoring (some) best practices, the risk of drawing false conclusions when resea…
10 months ago
Pivots, Funding, and Building Apps That Last – Greg Cohn, Burner
Episode 146
On the podcast, I talk with Greg about knowing when to pivot, why most consumer apps shouldn't raise VC, and why making free trials optional outperfo…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
How Tinder Captures More Value With Tiered Pricing and Consumables — Ravi Mehta
Episode 145
On the podcast we talk with Ravi about subscriptions as a force multiplier for consumables, why narratives matter more than metrics in goal-setting, …
11 months ago
Why AI Probably Won’t Kill Your App (But Ignoring It Will) — Eric Crowley, GP Bullhound
Episode 144
On the podcast, we talk with Eric about the opportunities and challenges of AI for consumer apps, what you can learn from Strava acquiring Runna, and…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How Condé Nast Experiments, Bundles, and Wins — Michael Ribero, Condé Nast
Episode 143
On the podcast, I talk with Michael about the blessing and curse of having a brand, why post-purchase is the perfect upsell moment, and why partnersh…
1 year ago
Buying vs. Building: Scaling Beyond a Single App — Josh Peleg, BlueThrone
Episode 142
On the podcast I talk with Josh about red flags that tank app valuations, why subscription-only apps are leaving money on the table, and how bootstra…
1 year ago